SPACE, TELEVISION, AND ARCHITECTURE

The Tower and the City

People's demand for signals and the city's demand for symbols have turned the TV tower into a unique type. The role of TV tower in a city is analogue to the role of television in the nuclear family: a transmitter, symbol, and a focal point.

Visual Essay by Siyuan Wang

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Space, Television, and Architecture (4:03)

QUBE, Mediated Democracy (7:30)

A Window to the Interior World (6:30)

Boredom and Burnout (6:45)

Political Correctness (5:25)

Media Events (4:14)

The Space of the Telenovela (4:50)

Kitchen on Air (5:15)

In Front of Closed Doors (7:33)

Video Culture (7:18)

Face The Nation (6:59)

Influencing Domesticity (3:58)

The Tower and the City (4:46)

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Proseminar: Space, Television, and Architecture led by Lea-Catherine Szacka

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